| 单词 | scotian shelf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotian Shelf Chiefly in the names of geological or geographical features: of or relating to Nova Scotia. Frequently in Scotian Shelf: the area of continental shelf adjacent to Nova Scotia. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > Canada > parts of Canada Nova Scotian1790 down east1825 Labradorian1830 Hudsonian1835 British Columbian1858 Newfoundlandic1871 Scotian1884 Ontarian1893 1884 E. B. Chase Over Border 168 Another drive of many miles along the shore brings us to the neighborhood of the very jumping-off place of the Scotian peninsula. 1896 Observer Mag. June 457 No doubt to some whose lot is cast in brighter climes this portion of the Scotian province would seem dreary and somber. 1936 Science 10 Apr. 350/1 The Biological Board of Canada has been concerned with an investigation of the waters of the Scotian shelf for the past few years. 1978 Palynology 2 234 A series of deltaic complexes along the North American margin, one of the largest of which is in the Scotian Basin. 1996 J. T. Andrews Late Quaternary Palaeoceanogr. N. Atlantic Margins 103/1 The Scotian Shelf is an important geographical area for studying post-glacial environmental changes along the margins of the North Atlantic Ocean. 2006 L. J. Prelli Rhetorics of Display iv. 96 The banks are revealed in size and number against the pale shelf backdrop on the Scotian side of the Gulf of Maine—right off Nova Scotia. < as lemmas |
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